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Combining mitochondrial DNA sequences and morphological data to infer species boundaries: phylogeography of lanceheaded pitvipers in the Brazilian Atlantic forest, and the status of Bothrops pradoi (Squamata: Serpentes: Viperidae)

  1. G. Puorto1,
  2. M. Da Graça Salomão2,
  3. R. D. G. Theakston3,
  4. R. S. Thorpe4,
  5. D. A. Warrell5,
  6. W. Wüster4

Article first published online: 20 DEC 2001

DOI: 10.1046/j.1420-9101.2001.00313.x

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Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volume 14, Issue 4, pages 527–538, July 2001

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Puorto, G., Da Graça Salomão, M., Theakston, R. D. G., Thorpe, R. S., Warrell, D. A. and Wüster, W. (2001), Combining mitochondrial DNA sequences and morphological data to infer species boundaries: phylogeography of lanceheaded pitvipers in the Brazilian Atlantic forest, and the status of Bothrops pradoi (Squamata: Serpentes: Viperidae). Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 14: 527–538. doi: 10.1046/j.1420-9101.2001.00313.x

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  1. 1

    Museu Biológico, Instituto Butantan, Av. Vital Brazil 1500, 05503–900 São Paulo – SP, Brazil

  2. 2

    Laboratório de Herpetologia, Instituto Butantan, Av. Vital Brazil 1500, 05503–900 São Paulo – SP, Brazil

  3. 3

    Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Pembroke Place, Liverpool L3 5QA, UK

  4. 4

    School of Biological Sciences, University of Wales, Bangor LL57 2UW, UK

  5. 5

    Centre for Tropical Medicine, John Radcliffe Hospital, Headington, Oxford OX3 9DU

* Dr Wolfgang Wüster, School of Biological Sciences, University of Wales, Bangor LL57 2UW, Wales, UK. Tel.: +44 1248 382301; fax: +44 1248 371644; e-mail: w.wuster@bangor.ac.uk

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